Highly stereoselective TiCl4-Catalyzed Evans-aldol and Et3Al-mediated Reformatsky reactions. Efficient accesses to optically active syn- or anti-alpha-trifluoromethyl-beta-hydroxy carboxylic acid derivatives

[reaction: see text] The TiCl(4)-catalyzed Evans-aldol reaction of optically active 3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic imide gave the non-Evans syn product stereoselectively, whereas the Reformatsky reaction of 2-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic imide in the presence of Et(3)Al led to the Evans anti product. Th...

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Published in:Organic letters 2006-03, Vol.8 (6), p.1129-1131
Main Authors: Shimada, Taichi, Yoshioka, Masamitsu, Konno, Tsutomu, Ishihara, Takashi
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Language:English
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Summary:[reaction: see text] The TiCl(4)-catalyzed Evans-aldol reaction of optically active 3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic imide gave the non-Evans syn product stereoselectively, whereas the Reformatsky reaction of 2-bromo-3,3,3-trifluoropropanoic imide in the presence of Et(3)Al led to the Evans anti product. These new approaches enabled us to synthesize all stereoisomers of trifluoromethylated aldol products for the first time.
ISSN:1523-7060
DOI:10.1021/ol0531435